cribellum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin cribellum, diminutive of Latin cribrum (“sieve”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɹɪˈbɛləm/

Noun

cribellum (plural cribella)

1. (zoology) A spinning organ having many fine pores, situated in front of the spinners in some araneomorph spiders.
   • 1996: some groups of spiders have a sieve-like plate, the cribellum, just in front of the spinners. — Michael J. Roberts, Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe (Collins 1996, p. 17)

Related terms

• cribellate
• ecribellate

Translations

spinning organ

• Catalan: cribel m
• French: cribellum (fr) m
• Spanish: cribelo m

Latin

Etymology

From crībrum +‎ -lum.

Noun

crībellum n (genitive crībellī); second declension

1. (Late Latin) a small sieve

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	crībellum	crībella
Genitive	crībellī	crībellōrum
Dative	crībellō	crībellīs
Accusative	crībellum	crībella
Ablative	crībellō	crībellīs
Vocative	crībellum	crībella

Derived terms

• crībellō

Descendants

• Catalan: crivell
• → English: cribellum
• Galician: cribelo
• Italian: crivello
• Occitan: crivèl
• Sicilian: criveḍḍu